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CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

MANUAL 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND CO. 

(Not Incorporated) 
George T. £hurchill, Manager 

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILL. 



15L 



Copyrighted 1917 

Copyrighted 1918 

by 

George T. Churchill 



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index in 

Page 

PREFACE VI 

COMPLETE ALPHABET VII 

TO THE STUDENT VIII 

LESSON ONE 

T. D, R, L, M f K, G 1 

A, E, 1 1 

Rules for joining circle vowels 1 

General Exercise 2 

LESSON TWO 

Word-signs t 4 

Punctuation 4 

Writing- Exercise 5 

LESSON THREE 

SH, CH, J, P, B, F, V 6 

U, EW, OO (O as in DO) 6 

U joined to consonants 6 

General Exercise 7 

LESSON FOUR 

Phrasing 9 

Writing Exercise 10 

LESSON FIVE 

TH, O, AW 11 

Diacritical Markings 11 

O, and Circle Vowel Joinings 11 

General Exercise 12 

LESSON SIX 

HE, IF, ABOVE. OVER, UNDER 14 

IF and HE in phrases 14 

ABOVE, OVER, UNDER, in compound words 15 

Simple Phrases 15 

Writing Exercise , 16 

LESSON SEVEN 

N 17 

S 18 

SES, ZES 18 

General Exercise 18 

LESSON EIGHT 

AS, NO, NOT, Rules for Phrasing 21 

TO omitted after ABLE 21 

List of Word-signs and Phrases 21 

Writing Exercise 22 



rv INDEX 



LESSON NINE 

W joined to vowels 23 

WH 23 

W omitted 24 

Y joined to vowels 24 

Diphthongs and Vowel Combinations 25 

LESSON TEN 

Salutations and Complimentary Closings 27 

Writing Exercise, Business Letters 28 

LESSON ELEVEN 

Omission of Vowels 30 

General Exercise . . . . 31 

LESSON TWELVE 

Contractions, the first two elements 34 

OF THE omitted 35 

TO in Phrasing 25 

Contracted Phrasing 36 

Writing Exercise < 37 

LESSON THIRTEEN 

Omission of Consonants 39 

General Exercise 43 

LESSON FOURTEEN 

Contractions made from first three elements 44 

Contracted Phrasing 45 

Writing Exercise 46 

LESSON FIFTEEN 

Syllabic Strokes 48 

Penmanship Exercise 48 

General Exercise 49 

LESSON SIXTEEN 

Contractions Without Vowels % 53 

Syllabic Phrasing .54 

Contract Phrasing 55 

Writing Exercise , 56 

LESSON SEVENTEEN 

Joined Prefixes . : 59 

Disjoined Prefixes 61 

Prefixes Compounded 62 

Positive and Negative Words 63 



INDEX 



LESSON EIGHTEEN 

Miscellaneous Contractions 64 

Phrases with ABOVE, OVER and UNDER ................. ..S6 

Contracted Phrasing ^ 66 

Writing Exercises 67 

LESSON NINETEEN 

Joined Suffixes 7q 

Disjoined Suffixes . 73 

TY. ITY, ETY, ERTY, LTY 75 

ING, ONG '.'.'.Y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.75 

Suffixes Compounded * 75 

ING in the Body of Words .76 

LESSON TWENTY 

Compound Words 77 

Omitting ING in Phrasing ...... ....7S 

Contracted Phrasing 78 

Writing Exercise 81 

SUPPLEMENT 

Miscellaneous Suggestions 84 

Numeral Expressions 84 

Days of the Week 85 

Months of the Year 85 

Points of the Compass 85 

States and Territories 86 

Large Cities 87 

Supplementary Exercises 80 

List of Useful Words 97 



VI 

PREFACE 

Churchill Shorthand is the first and only system where every alpha- 
betic stroke (D is an exception, though it is a cognate of T) is taken 
directly from the same letter in longhand. This feature, however, would 
mean but little were it not for the fact that it gives to the system de- 
cided advantages. 

Examine the alphabet given on the next page. The prevailing 
strokes are made with an up and down motion. The horizontal strokes 
are short, and the hand is not thrown out of balance and slowed down 
in making outlines composed of horizontal and reverse movements. 
All strokes are quickly made and they join easily with others. 

The present newly revised text-book is different from any other 
published. It has been so arranged that the shorthand notes are al- 
ways near the printed matter, thus making it possible for the student 
to do more practicing in the same length of time. 

Allow a student to form his own outlines from the printed matter 
and the chances are that he will get many of them wrong. A bad 
impression is hard to correct and often causes trouble for years. 

Shorthand is like our ordinary penmanship in so far as it should 
be practiced from perfect copies. No one would think of practicing 
penmanship from printed matter. Every expert shorthand writer in 
handing down advice always states emphatically that shorthand should 
be practiced from correctly made shorthand notes. 

The student will get all the outline formation that he can well 
handle at the time he is receiving dictation, and this is the proper time 
for this line of work. 

It will be noticed that the lines of writing are of the same length 
as those used by expert shorthand writers, thus instilling correct habits 
in attaining speed while the student is learning the system. 

There are supplementary reading and writing exercises prepared 
for each practice lesson which are not keyed. They will be found in 
the back of the book, and the teacher may use them at his pleasure. , 

GEORGE T. CHURCHILL, Author. 






T D ... 
R s> 



M 

K 

G 

Sh 

Ch 

J 
P 

B 

F 



N 
S 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND vii 

COMPLETE ALPHABET 

' H . A '&' O 

4<''^ Th -r E *£-'* ° 

£•' s^ Ted Ded -;:_:: I .--/> o 

??s<^-^ Rel ">' S. o ''^ c/ 

^ v * Nt Nd /'' : — ( V s? 

6: & Tern DenT ;::"--/ We j 

ifV / Ten Den -''' -^ Wa ^ 

-A'' / Ter Der -'' ~< Wo ^ 

/ / /y 

/-' / Tel Del ' -^ Wu sy? 

f Mn ,—?<''" y—^s Oe Oi ^ 

Def Dev 7 ' / Ow Ou ^ 

Ker ^-v'V ^ Qa ^ 

Kel — v' ' '^ - Eo ^ 

cr 

:0 r^ >> Kens ^--"' O^ Ae Ai Ea 3> 

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TO THE STUDENT 

Learn to write with both a pen and a pencil. Always keep the 
pencil well sharpened. Practice work should be done as much as 
possible with a pen. A rather fine pointed fountain pen is often 
more convenient than a steel pen. Use the same position and free- 
dom of movement as was learned in the penmanship class. 

Remember to make the outlines perfectly from the start, 
and speak the outline or stroke as it is written. Progress will be 
more rapid if this advice is followed to the letter. 

Practice all parts of the lesson over at least ten times. Then 
cover the shorthand and write from the printed words. If the 
effort is not as good as the copy, keep trying until this result is 
obtained. 

In making M, be sure to write it horizontally. 
Correct: s — >* m, /^3 — mate, ^-^r mile. 
Incorrect: s^~> s*3 f**^^ 

Use care in writing K. In starting this stroke it should be 
traced slightly downwards. 
Correct: v / k, vj9 — Kate, ^9^ kill. 




Incorrect; — ^ C*2— 

Note carefully the correct form for G. 

Correct: £> g, C? get, tP— gate, 

Incorrect: & 6- — h£— 

Do not curve the straight strokes. 

Correct: ^^^ late, ^ , lake, . — ~-& dale. 
Incorrect: 




CHURCHILL SHORTHAND i 

LESSON ONE 

1. Practice this section of the alphabet until it can 
e written from memory. Write these strokes from 

;ft to right. Note that D and / L are 

■vice as long as — T and s' R. 



D 



R 



M 



K 



G 

o 



2. A is represented by a large circle, and E or / 
y a small circle. / should be dotted. 

A E I 

O o Q 

3. Omit silent letters; as, day, d-a; might, m-i-t. 

4. Turn the circle vowels to the right at the 
^ginning and at the end of straight strokes; as, 

q da, sf al. 



(a) The circle is • turned 

, / lad, X lake. 

(b) The circle is written 
v — p key. 



outside of angles; 
inside of curves; 



a^ 



aim. 



5. Two ticks may be placed under proper 
tmes; as, vj2 — Kate. 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



tea 

tie 

die 

day 

me 

my 

eat 

ate 

key 

ache 

aim 

mate 

meet 

might 

cat 

Kate 

kill 



GENERAL EXERCISE 

t e — o tame 

t i __-o' team 

d i o deem 

d a o dime 

tack 
tick 
Dick 
rake 



m e /-& 

m i s~-6 

e t <^- 

a t or- 

k e ^_p 

a k Q^ 

a m <3~^\ 

mat ^3— 

met s~& — 

m i t ^-2?- 

k a t v_P- 

k a t <S>- 
k i 1 



ream 

lame 

limb 

rate 

write 

raid 

ride 

laid 

lady 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



lie 1 i 

lay 1 a 

ail a 1 

leak 1 e k 

like 1 i k 

alike a 1 i k 

lake 1 a k 

lead 1 e d 

light 1 i t 

alight a 1 i t 

Lima lima 

mere m e r 

mile m i 1 

Millie mili 

Myra m i r a s — zr 

meal m e 1 

amid amid 

rye r i 



J<rz> 




giddy g i d i 



ng 



r i g 



s& 



4 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

LESSON TWO 

WORD-SIGNS 

6. A word-sign is a single element represent- 
ing one or more words. Care should be exercised 
in making the word-signs perfectly, and they should 
be thoroughly committed to memory. Two, and 
sometimes three, words are represented by the same 
sign, but context will always give the right usage. 
The word-signs, the and thank, are made in an 
inclined direction. And may be placed under the 
line if the writer desires this more definite distinction. 



the thank 

at it 

would defendant 

are our 

well will 



am may more ^ — s 

can ^ / 

go ago good C/ 

able after avenue Q 
a an and 



7. Punctuation: iS Period, ^ Paragraph, 

" Hyphen. Other punctuation may be used as 

in longhand. 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



WRITING EXERCISE 
Dick may eat the meat. 
Millie can read it well. 
I might deem it a good o 



s 



deed. The defendant will - 



s \ 



go a mile. Our cat will CS 



kill the rat. Lida may 

get a good cake. Can the 

lad read the good tale? 

I will go after more tea. o ^ CS O 

Mary would read at the ^75 — ^~ 

gate. Kate might write (J?— ^ vj? — 



£/ 




and thank Ella. I will ■ 

get the rake. Emma may C?~ 
go and get Emily the key. CS 



\ 



J^ 



i^ <5~0 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 
LESSON THREE 

DOWNWARD STROKES 

SH • CH J P B 



/ 



I / ( ( ) 



8. H is represented by a dot which is placed 
before and above the vowel; as, '^7 — had. 

U EW 00 (As in wool and in do.) 
/? 

9. Illustrations showing how U is joined to the 
various consonants. To be used as a penmanship ex- 
ercise. 

ut •» — ud <i ur ny^ ul />/ um ,-y— > uk ^^y 

ug ZS ush ? uch / uj / up f ub / 

uf / uv / tu — > du -5 ru ^-^ lu y^ 

mu •— * ku w^» gu ^ shu / chu / ju / 

pu £ bu a fu >< vu >/ hu >? hum V?*-^ 



tur — S tut — x— dul p/lum/ tuk — ^_^ tug — £/ 

mud^-* dub- — ~2 duf ? muk *~~^-s mu\ -^~>^ m\ii 



— -p duf ■ — 7 muk *~~^s mul ^"^ muf <^~j 



you 

who 

whom 

hut 

hook 

hug 

urge 

shoe 

shoot 

hush 

chew 

jute 

jewel 

jug 

pew 

pure 
pull 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

GENERAL EXERCISE 
U " puff p 

h U * /? up Up 

hum * *> — n bud b 



hut 

huk 

hug 

urj 

sh u 

sh u t 

h u sh 

ch u 

jut 

Jul 

jug 

pu 

pur 

p u 1 



V 



'7 

L 

r 



buff 

hub 

tube 

few 

foot 

food 

fool 



uf ( 

p f c 

u d h~- — 



bush b u sh 

bug bug 

budge b u j 

bulk b u Ik 



buf 
hub 
tub 
f u 
f ut 
fud 
f ul 









view 

tough 

mute 

mood 

muff 

muffle 

mug 

mule 

to 

tuck 

tug 

tomb 

tour 

turkey 

"tool 

do 

doom 

duck 




tu 3 

t uk -^ 

tug _^ 

turn — ^— 

t u r — y 

t u rk i 
tul 
du 
d u m 
duk 



rough r u f 
ruffle r u fl 



lieu 

loom 

luck 



lu 
lu m 
luk 



lucky 1 u k i 
love 1 u v 



cue 
cool 
cup 
cuff 



ku 
kul 
k u p 
kuf 






CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 9 

LESSON FOUR 

10. PHRASING. A shorthand phrase represents 
two or more words joined. Well selected phrases are an 
aid in securing ease and rapidity in reading and writing. 

WORD-SIGNS AND PHRASES 
ship short should / judge the 



which change 
judge 
charge 
put prompt 

be been but 
for 

have 
your 
to you-r 
do you-r 
you may 
ship the 
I am 



/ 



( 
J 

J 



C 



change the 
may have 
are you-r 
will you-r 

for you-r 
for the 
have the 
have you-r 
which you-r 
would you-r 
to the 
you have 
you have been 



/ 







/ 



IO 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



WRITING EXERCISE 



I am here for a day. She may cr -^ -^ J 



r </ 



be more prompt. Will you write 
to Dick? Which should I ship to 
you? The judge may have the <? f 



t / 



/ o / 



7 2 



room. You may ship the tile to 



him. You have been here but an 



is 




hour. Are you to write for your s^ ^ 



team? You may have to change — zr-^ \ 



the rule. Write to the judge for > 

'the fruit. Ship the food which \ .A*— r £ X- 



/ 




/ 



you may have. It may be too 

short for the gate. It would be * * (J2— r — 

well for her to put it here. Will <^ / *<f^ — ^ ( — 




you go to the mill for the rye? 



C 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND n 

LESSON FIVE 

TH AW A (As in was) 

11. Th should be a mere tick. The dot is sel- 
dom written in practice but the beginner should use it. 

12. Aw has the same sound as in orb or bought. 
A as in want, what, watch, was, wash and yacht, has the 
sound of as in not. Use the character for to repre- 
sent the above sounds of A. 

13. Should occasion make it desirable to distin- 
guish between different sounds, represented by the same 
character, diacritical markings may be used. The fol- 
lowing illustrations are those found in Webster's diction- 
ary. 

r2Xz,y~~ rat P— meet ^->— met , — ^ — dime — «^dim — <r^ 

owed 2 — odd£ ■ due ^ up ( calms-c^orb 

PENMANSHIP EXERCISE 

ot c — ol cs^ om <^— n ok q__^ og £y och / 
op ( ov / lo y^ mo y—xs ko ^<s sho 6 
po C fo / vo 6 ech / aj / che J 



,J- jak (^ jam^A mach^o map s~7& rav /j 
pam^^S mik^-Q-^gam^T^ fig £, fib A vik.^1^ 



12 



though 


tho 


thought 


th ot 


ought 


o t 


talk 


t ok 


tore 


tor 


tall 


tol 


top 


top 


dough 


do 


dot 


do t 


door 


dor 


doll 


dol 


dog 


dog 


dock 


dok 


owed 


od 


wrote 


rot 


rode 


rod 


roll 


rol 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

GENERAL EXERCISE 

r^ roam r o m 



T 



rock 

rogue 

rope 

rob 

rove 

or 

low 

lot 

load 

lock 

log 

lodge 

loaf 



mock 



mop 



rok 
rog 



r o v 

o r 

lo 

lot 

lod 

lok 

log 
loj 
lof 



^C 



rop ^Y 
rob ^7 



7 



^^ 




mode mod 



m o k 



mop 



T 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



mob 

home 

coat 

code 

corps 

coal 

comb 

coach 

oak 

goat 

goal 

show 

shot 

shock 

shop 

choke 

chop 

Joe 



mob 
horn 
ko t 
kod 
kor 
kol 
k o m 
k o ch 
ok 



7 



L 



7- 



got 

gol 

sh o 6 

sh o t <£-— 

sh o k £. , 

sh o p £ 

ch o k h — ' 
ch o p 
jo 




7 



Y 



joke j o k 

Jove j o v 

job job 

Paul p o 1 

poke p o k 

hope hop 

beau b o 

both b o th 

boat bot 

bowl b o 1 

balk b o k 

botch b o ch 

foe f o £ 

flow fl o J' 

flock fl o k J^-" 

floor fl o r J^ 

off of 

vote v o t 





14 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

LESSON SIX 

WORD-SIGNS 

14. He, if, above, over, and under are placed the 
height of an F-stroke above the line. 



thing think 


-f 


if 


of oblige 


6/ 


above 


all object 


C 


over 


he 


. . 


under] 



u 



o 



15. If and 'he may be omitted in phrasing and 
their presence indicated by placing the follbwing word 
at the height of an F-stroke above the line. 

if the he may 

if it • - - he would 

if a — he would go 

if all ..-- he can 

if you-r — - he can go 

if our ---- he will 

if you can ■-- he will be 



-rC 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



15 



16. In compound words, above, over and under are 
placed above the remaining portion of the word. 



y- 



abovedeck 


OS 


overrate 


overdo 


cs 


underdo 


overpay 


t* 


underrate 


overreach 


? 


undergo 




SIMPLE 


PHRASES 


of the 


o\ 


to it 


of it 


<- 


to think 


of which 


/ 


to you 


of all 


€> 


do you 


of-oblige you 


Co 


I think 


of our 


c^ 


I can 


all of 


8 


I may 


all day 


<=-o 


I will 


all right 


J- 


I should 


you think 


^2- 


I object . 


can the 


v , 


I object to the 



c/ 



id 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



WRITING EXERCISE 



It may be above the door. Do — ^O n 
you object to the rate? Can Kate <= — ^ <^~~ ? 



be of help to you? Would you 

o 

object if I write to Ruth? He c o 
may go to the foot of the hill. I ^ 



Aw. 



? 



L 



object to the rule you have here. 
Will he go over the rope or un- ^^ 
der it? I will go if you can be - — ? 
here for an hour. You and I can ^ S 
talk it over at your room. I would — c— ' — 
like to meet you if you can go. ^ — : 

It would oblige me if you will do — 

it for him. Jack will be here and — - / ' 



CS 



s 



-r. 



C 



JS /? . o 



^y 




he may show it to you. 



6 — 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 17 

LESSON SEVEN 

N or N (Written up) 

17. The two forms are known as First N and 
Second N. Second jVis usually written after G, jfiTand 0. 
In other cases First N is used. The word On is written 
with First N for the sake of distinction. 

GENERAL EXERCISE 

knee n e /* nut nut S^* 

night n i t /**"" ten ten ___£~ 

neat net / / ' cr ~~ -on on c/~ 

men men • — ^ own on c^ 



tine t i n '£ pawn p o n ^ 

mine m i n ^C tone ton — *J 

tiny t i n i _J£*° loan 1 o n ^^ 

tank t a nk -£-^ gone gon "^^ 

no n o ^ shown sh o n £* 

note not /"*= — phone fon ^ 

new n u ^> known n o n /^ 



iS CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

S or S (Written down) 

( ) 

18. The two forms of S are known as First S and 
Second S. Use First S before and after P, B, K, and G, 
and after Th, T, Z), R 1 X, and 0; as, f spes, — f> des, 

&< sgs, & segs 7 €_^ sek, ^-f kes. In practically 
all other cases Second S is used, Note that before iT and 
after M, S forms as a large hook; as, c^ sk, ^^> ms. 
SES an ZES are made by joining the two forms of S 
as a blend, struck in either direction as most conven- 
ient; as, f pieces, -<5" roses. 

19. The base of the first stroke of a word rests 
on the line with the exception of S when attached to 
a downward stroke; as, y safe,cy sofa. 

GENERAL EXERCISE 

see s e ^ sale s a 1 <^^ 

say s a o* safe s a f S 

set set <**— save s a v 

same s a m <^S so so J 

sell s e 1 <J^ sown son £J 



socket 

soft 

soap 



sees 



fees 



vase 



chess 



dens 
nice 



CHURCHILL 

s o k e t <4— p — 



s o 



sop 



t 



sought sot 

s e s y 
fes J 

J 

v a s of 

ch e s (/ 

hitches h i chs j 

d e ns — 

n 



n 1 s 



teams t e ms ' - — € 
seems s e ms <^> 



us use u s 



views v u s 







muffs m u f s 

lose 1 u s 

visit 



7 

isit g/L 



SHORTHAND 

Ot (r~ 



19 



spot 

spool 

spade 

speck 

sip 

sap 

sag 

signet 

skip 



skill 
scare 
scale 
seek 



sp 

Sp U 1 h^^ 

sp a d c /— — 
sp e k 4^ 
sip ( 
sap f 
sag & 
signet £r^~~~ 
skip C> 



scorn skorn 



skil 
sk a r 
sk a 1 
s e k 



eP^ 



e^ 



sick s i k C_^ 

sack s a k (q_^ 

sets s e ts <=*~t 



stays 



st as ~J-f> 



20 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



piece 

these 

case 

skips 

nets 

sells 

raise 

cheats 

maps 

fits 

hooks 

figs 

begs 

tools 

nose 

notice 

mops 

box 



( 



pes 

th e s rf 

k a s ^? 

s k i ps ^-f 



n e ts 

s e 1 s S^ 

r a s ^^ 

ch e ts cr-r 

m aps s-y& 

fits c^r 

huks "X-^r 

figs ^ 
b e gs 
t uls 

n os S~*f 
n o t i s ^ c — ** 

m o ps — ~y 

b o ks o»~-t 



bases 

races 

rises 

leases 

laces 

pieces 

faces 

roses 

losses 

loses 

pauses 

tosses 



ta ks — Q^r 

p i ks 4_y 

1 a ks 

p a ks Q^ 

ceases sess f 

passes pass p 



tacks 
picks 
lax 
packs 



basd f) 

r a s s ^<? 

r i s s ^* 
less 
lass 

p e s s j> 

f ass Y 

r o s s ^f 



loss 

1 u s s s^r 

p o s s u 

toss — -j" 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 21 

LESSON EIGHT 

20. As and no may be written in a phrase with- 
out the vowel. Not, after D, M, and First S, may be 
written with First iV. To may be omitted after able. 

WORD-SIGNS AND PHRASES 
is -his at which 



in /" at your 

r 

enter have no 



not _y have not 

am not ,~f have it 

as good as &< has been 

as well as j^^ it has been 

as the ^ I would 

as it -^— I would not 



7 
l 




r 



as it is ^-r is not J/ 

as it has J-f> is his y 

as to ^_-, in his /<? 

as our j^ will be able-to 




22 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

WRITING EXERCISE 




I would like a load of coal. 



May I show you the lot? All of 
us will go to see the races. He 9 

may object if you put it on the c ( c/~ 

scale. John may be able to ride C-P^Z- o^ ^7* 

6 — is -f 

•2 



in his new boat. You may ship f) ' 
me the coal if you have it. She s~t> s 



will not see him after the game. 
Will you not be at your office in 
an hour? The box of goods will . S ? ^ 






c<r^ 






be left at the null. Dick shot the 4 
dove as it flew above us. I think \ 
you may be late for the boat. The 
object of his visit is not known to 
us. Will he be able to get it? 9 ^ 



iff 



6- 



c 9 g- 



>-%. 




f \> 



J/ 



b 6?— —? 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



23 



LESSON NINE 

21. W is represented by U.' In spelling by sound, 
W is followed by a vowel, while U is followed by a 
consonant. Bring the circle vowels well below the hook; 
as, <? we, <~) wa. W, when joined to and £7, should 
be written on a line with them; as, /z/ wo, sr> wu. 



we 

weave 

way 

wave 

wait 

wade 

weed 

widow 

willow 



J 



wire 

wife 

weep 

woe 

wash 

watch 

woke 

woo 

wool 



7 



/r? 



22. Wh is represented by placing the dot for H 
before and above the character. 



24 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

wheat "«=2— whack c£L^ 

wheel <?^^ whim lP—^\ 



whale 
whistle 



^^ whiff / 

^^ whip ( 



23. For the purpose of more easily formed out- 
lines, W may be disjoined, and the advanced writer 
often omits it. 

quote v^_ twine _^r 

quick v_£> dwell 

equip op quell 



quite v^_> — quack v^Q-^ 

24. fT is never written with the following words: 
when <f~ with cr - 

week ^ one /f 

were ^ what ^ 



where ^^ was 



25. F is represented by E. In spelling by sound, 
F is followed by a vowel, while E is usually followed 
by a consonant. In joining F with JF or 7, use a small 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 25 

loop; as, <? ye, ^ yell. The loop should be large 
when joined to A; as, ya, *3" Yale, 
yet <=^- yacht e/ — 

yellow ^r yoke eA ^_y 

year ^ yawn ^ 

DIPHTHONGS AND VOWEL COMBINATIONS 

26. (a) Oiv or ou, is a union of Italian a, as heard 
in father, and 00 as heard in food. The a is made first 
and the 00 or u is finished above; as, & an, (T^owl 

(b) 0a is represented by and i; as, ^ oir^^ toil 

(c) Vowel unions, other than pure diphthongs, are 
usually represented by joining the vowels in their nat- 
ural order; as, d> e, & eo, cP a, P ao, <f Reo. 

(d) Two circle vowels are joined by making a large 
circle with a small circle inside; as, o ae, at, ea, ei, ie. 
It is not always necessary to be exact in making the 
small circle inside the larger one, as the large circle 
may be slightly indented, which indicates the presence 
of another circle vowel; as, — ^T diary, e£» piety. 



26 



how 

now 

owl 

towel 

fowl 

bow 

cow 

boy 

boil 

oil 

spoil 

toil 

royal 

toy 

coil 

soil 

joy 

join 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 
tf> Reo s? 

/6 Leo s<? 

oleo ts // * / 

lion 
(^^^ riot 

idiot 




^ 



^~tf? doughy 

£ Noah 

Paola 
gaiety 
piety 



payee 

via 

laity 

deity 

mediate 

capias 

diary 



/ 



J 



^ 



we will 
we will be 
we would not 
we should be 
we may not 
we may be 
we may have 
we can 
we can be 
we have it 




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CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 
LESSON TEN 

SIMPLE PHRASES 

we have no 
he was 
I was 
it was 
what was 
what you 
what you say 
when you 
week ago 
with you 



27 




J^T 



y 

=2^- 







f 






SALUTATIONS AND COMPLIMENTARY CLOSINGS 



Dear Sir 
Dear Madam 
Dear Sirs 
My dear Sir 
Dear Miss 



Yours truly 
Yours very truly 
Yours respectfully 
Very truly yours 
Respectfully yours 



28 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

WRITING EXERCISE 
Dear Sir: If we fail to get the r <^r ___^, £>— - 

goods which you were to ship us ^ * <^ — z> / 

we may lose many sales. Will p-~^ ^ s — £° £s i> 



is 



you not ship now, and oblige? ^ / /& 

Yours truly, 
Dear Sir: We would like to have r 



your 30-day note for what you /> <30 

owe us. The note was to have cs J? * ^ Y 

been here a week ago. ( <^ • *-4S 

Yours very truly, 

Dear Madam: What can we do ^~~^ c — v — ^ 




J 



for you in the way of wood and A ^~ c? " 



1 

coal? We have it here and can ><^<^? J__ ^ 
ship quick if it would suit you / 

Very truly yours, ^ 
My dear Sir: When you were -"*-&- — r 

& — n 

here you said you would write us s> <=* "" " ' y 



to have it now. — ? ^ -^ 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 29 

if you were able to ship the 

goods. We would like to have O* 



Is* ^l 



y 7 

the watches within a week. n / _j < . <^, ^ ^y 

Yours respectfully, 

Dear Sir: We hope you will be r <=>? c yy ^£ 

able to pay what you owe us. 6 <■ — -* ^ 2 " 



When you were here you said it 6~ " <f '<^ ° ^ 
would be a week, but two weeks — -^ • Q ^ y ( —> z_^ 

(j 

have now gone by and we have <S /& C^ 



C.J 



not seen you at our office. ^. / J ^> 

Respectfully yours, 
Dear Sir: If you can now pay /&* ^ 



r 



your 60-day note, which was due ^ 60 s? — / 



a week ago, we would like it. . q_^ C ^ 

We have to pay high prices for / — > 6 '6 C*f' / 



our new coal and we hope you ^ ^ 



will see to it now. o^^ a> — 5 — /t^ 

Yours truly, 



30 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

LESSON ELEVEN 

OMISSION OF VOWELS 

27. Words having three or more consonant strokes 
usually do not require vocalization. The insertion of 
vowels often lends ease ajid grace to outline formation. 
Should it happen that a long word can be written as easily 
without the vowel, the writer should not hesitate to omit 
it. Even in short words, one medial vowel, especially if 
accented, is all that is necessary. Initial and final vow- 
els are always written unless there is a reason for doing 
Otherwise. The following special rules will help to de- 
termine what vowels to omit: . 

(a) Short u and ow are usually omitted before m 
and n in the body of words; as, > — N sum, . r town. 

(b) B, d, and r, when followed by long e, are not 
usually vocalized; as, u^ below, — -^2— deceit, s^% refine. 

(c) Omit the vowel in em, im, en, and in, when 
m or n is followed by a consonant; as, ^7 enjoy. 

(d) Omit the vowel in age at the end of words: 
as, *y dotage, fe^ package, C&^ breakage. 

(e) I is usually omitted in 
as, ^ disease, ^— > misfit, 




CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 31 

(f) When two vowels come together, one may be 
omitted if not strongly sounded; as, ——^^ duel. 

(g) Omit and u where speed is more desirable 
than their presence; as, j^° sorry, s7 rush. 

(h) A circle vowel may be omitted from words of 
frequent recurrence between p, b, and a horizontal or 
upward character; as, C. bad, £- pen. 

(i) Minor vowels, as in "per, pel, ber, bel, Jeer, kel, 
ger, gel, mer, ner, etc., are seldom written. 

(j) Note that the characters, £ pr, C' bl, 
etc., are written without a sharp angle. A large hook 
represents G, when attached to r or /; as, C/ Gr, C^gl. 





GENERAL 


EXERCISE 




some 


>-, 


fun 


I 


summer 


^ 


gun 


c/ 


sun 


r 


ton town 


s 


shun 


r 


done down 




run 


S 


announce 


a" 



3* 



below 

beneath 

beseech 

deceit 

regain 

refine 

revise 

review 

employ 

imply 

impress 

enjoy 

engrave 

enroute 

engine 

invite 

package 

breakage 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



£ 




st& 



op* 




dispatch 

disease 

dismiss 

dislike 

misfit 

mislay 

misquote 

idea 

duel 

theory 

museum 

got 

copy 

cause-because 

sorry 

stop 

bought 

borrow 



7. 



-y-> 



2 



^ 



T 








CHURCHILL 


SHORTHAND 


profess 


$ 


bad 


memory 




paid 


rush 


s? 


bill 


flush 


P* 


built 


much 
book 


2 


build 
per 


stupid 


±^ 


mercy 


repeat 


•£- 


merit 


pity 


L 


guilt 


pen 


f 


guilty 


open 


t 


spell 



33 






l" 



28. This list of short words should be memorized 
without vowels.* 

came come w- N such / 

check Cs take — ^_^ 

make s-^s than then _/^~ 

made ^ them _/^ 

shall A^ this , 



34 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



LESSON TWELVE 

CONTRACTIONS 

29/ The contractions shown in this lesson are com- 
posed of the first vowel and the first consonant of 
the word. They should be thoroughly memorized. 

( doubt ■ 6* 



about 

acknowledge 

affidavit 

again-st 

agent 

allow-ance 

America-n 

appear-ance 

balance 

behold body 

care 

could curious 

did 



? 

? 

r 

f 



ever-y 

favor 

fill 

full-y 

gave 

give-n 

jury 

kind-ly 

let letter 

look 

mail 

most 



J 

J 
J 

o 

/ 



t> 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



35 



move 




* 


remain 
remit-tance 


name 




/° 


that 


need any 




r 


thousand 


obtain 




f 


told 


point appoint- 
ment 


6 


took 


poor 




£ 


usual wish 


power 




<f 


very 






SPECIAL 


CONTRACTIONS 


leave 




y 


they 


leaves 




^ 


number 


moreover 




^Lr 


brother 



-G 



7 



r* 

a 



30. The phrase of the may be indicated by writing 
the words, before and after the phrase, close together. 

c>/o 



copy of the 

American 



T< 



^o 



your favor of 
the ioth 



care of the bill kO/x y° ur l etter °f 

(S . the 3 d 



c? 



31. Omit the vowel in to where the following 
stroke does not join easily. 



V 



36 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

to be -7^ to pay 

to ship -y to which 

CONTRACTED PHRASES 
esteemed favor c? I am sorry a-y> 

esteemed letter J^ we beg to f 

your esteemed favor ^y I beg to ( 

your esteemed letter 3^ that we are -^f 

your valued favor of that we will 

day to day g ? o that we would 

day after day & — o that we may -^p — N 

week to week Q__J2_^ bill of sale 
week after week o_^ q_^ bill of lading 



^ 

#- 



a. 



ought to do c 3 original bill of 

lading 

ought to be c_^ in such a way ^T 

ought to have c , in a few days ^1 



is said to be j[ ~- by and by- 

is said to have 'S — -> more and more 





we are sorry p^C more or less 







CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 37 

WRITING EXERCISE 
Dear Sir: We wish that you r <? 

would rush the books, as we need 

them. We will take care of the 

bill. when you mail it to us. ° ^£> 

Very truly yours, 



Dear Sir: Will you kindly ac- f "^ S- -^ ^-^ 

knowledge our letter of about a ^^ ^^ 

week ago? If you need an affida- Q— ^y \ 

vit we can give it to you. We are <=3^s (y — - — yo ^ p^ 

ready to go on with your case if s? ~° — -ry c/^~ <=^> v^? 

-, c 2 



9 



you wish to appear. /> 
Yours very truly, 

Dear Sir: You may have a free ^ <y — N / . 1& 

copy of the American if you will ^ycT^ 

fill out the blank which goes to <^- C^^ / & 

/ 

you by this mail. We doubt ^ o — T^D f ^2—^5 



3 8 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

1 * ^ 

very much if we will be able to a^~p £> 

give out more than a thousand ^ & ^~^ ~~& 

copies, as they are about all gone. ^-f J-d^ ( c ^^ 
Respectfully yours, <b 

Dear Sir: I am told that the body -^ a~^ — ^ _Q 



of boat number three will need o — S^ <S -^ 
some repairs, and I will have the >- 



& 



men go over it very soon. The s—-f C/ <%/ A \ 



in — y^ ^ ° ^> 



boat should be ready for you in Q — /^ ^ ° ^> ^ 
about a week, but I will let you ( . q__^/ 




know when the repairs are made. /** 6* N «^£ > 
Very respectfully yours, <g 

Dear Sir: Your letter of the ioth ^>^/o 



J* 



is here and we will do as well as 

we can for you in wheat, but the <A__^ ^ f~ 






price is so high that we fear we C€ c ° ~S 

shall not be able to buy now. /^ & y^ ^"^ 

Very truly yours, /f 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



39 



LESSON THIRTEEN 

OMISSION OF CONSONANTS 



32. At the end of words it is seldom necessary to 
write t after k or s. This same rule applies to other 
cases where the sound of t is weak. 



afflict 

reflect 

reject 

rest 

last 

best 

just 



st 



cost 

lost 

test 

protest 

insist 

resist 

desist 



^ 

? 

<* 



33. B, and sometimes /, may be indicated by 
turning the circle vowels to the left at the beginning and 
at the end of straight strokes. 



earth 
hurt 
tell till 
still 



heard 
dear deal 
dare 
chair 



i 



40 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

chart o~ loader /* 

cheer / reader J*~ 




ledger -^/ rider J*~ 



soar 



grader C^ roller 



34. is turned on its side to indicate r. 

sort t £_ report ^ 

assort ,* bore 

resort sf board 



21 



pour 



f boarder (_ 



35. iV' and s are turned in the opposite direction, 
in a few words, to indicate r. Note the indication of r 
m the words bird, burn, and park. U, as in burn, has 
the same sound as e in her, and may be written 
with a small circle. 



earn 


Qj 


bird 


earnest 


of 


burn 


learn 


^ 


near 


park 


& 


Search 






CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



4i 



36. The circle, indicating the omission of r, is 
lengthened into a loop to add s. 



tells 
deals 
dares 
nears 



S 



chairs 
ledgers 
readers 
rulers 



6 




37. In many words it is perfectly safe to omit r 
without any indication whatever. 



turn 


-^ 


ordain 


term 


-<p 


cord 


firm 


A 


verse 


virtue 


j. 


versus 


assert 


9- 


reverse 


surface 


J 


war 


serve 


1 


warn 


survey 


J 


warm 


surprise 


6 


ward 


lard 




warfare 


lord 




worse 



1/ 

is 

<ns — 



42 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

38, D is omitted after I when it is not strongly 
sounded. 



old hold C held <T 

gold O*/ field J^ 

sold >^^ cold ^-^^ 

39. P<?r, /?/•*, and pro, before m, may be contract- 
ed to p. 



permit 


/*- 


promise 


promote 


^_ 


premium 


permeate 


^B— 


premises 



4 



40. Z> is omitted between a and a following /, 
m, or v, 

? 

adjust ^^ admit ^^ 

adjourn <r admire CTo 

? 9 

adjoin ^ advocate <^P— 

41. iV is sometimes omitted if not strongly sounded, 
agency / passenger 
urgency s>y messenger 





CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



43 



42. In the words given below, a and d are both 
omitted, for the purpose of securing better phrase out- 
lines. 



advise 
I advise 
we advise 
you advise 
to advise 

misplace 

fact 

attest 

past 

church 

share 

tardy 

third 

yard 

soldiers 



i 



Z 






advance 
to advance 
do advance 
avoid 
to avoid 
£RAL EXERCISE 

hotels 
bold 
yield 
birth 



O- 



*/■ 



arm 

harm 

farm 

ornate 

court 

emergency 



7 



I 




7 



t- 



a- 



f- 



44 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



LESSON FOURTEEN 



CONTRACTIONS 



43. Contractions, formed from one vowel and two 
consonants. 



accept 

settle 

electric 

agree-ment 

always 

capable 

catalog 

collect 

decide 

discount 

familiar 

figure 

first 

knowledge 



CZ^Y 



es 



r 






language 

legal 

little 

matter 

member 

middle 

moderate 

natural 

necessary-ity \ 

neglect 

operate 

opportunity 

opinion 

particular 

possible 



s* 



'c*- 






rapid 

receive 
receipt 

regular 
remember 
represent 
satisfy-actory 

I hope 
we hope 



CHURCHIIX SHORTHAND 

*"( separate 

/& several 

y^ similar 



45 



t 



^- 



succeed 
success 

suggest -ion 
total 



\^ 



CONTRACTED PHRASES 

r 



r 



as soon as possible ^T 
as well as possibe ^f 



as a matter of fact 
two or three 
eight or ten 



*7 



*$ 

z 



as far as possible 
as fast as possible 
it is possible -~r 

where are you o^ 
where will you O^ 
where do you 
where did you 



party of the first (/ 
part 

party of the second (x 
part 

I would like <? — Q 



I would like to be 

I would like to 
have 

I would like to see 
I would like to say 
we would like 




46 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

WRITING EXERCISE 

Dear Sir: I may receive the ac- r °^ ^ \ 

ceptance the last of the week, and (L^ N ^q_^ 



the bank in your city will collect v^-^ /° 
it for me when it comes due. I /^> 4~ 
would suggest that you see the 
bank about this matter, as the 



-& >> N 



^ r. 



term of discount is very short. — <$ — n> c f ^ ^ 

Respectfully yours, 



Dear Sir: One should always keep ^ sS~ * ( 

an agreement if possible, but you • &^ k ^ 

have not done so. Your neglect ^ o 

has put us back, and you may 9 ( J ^ * '°^~ >l 

have to pay the costs of a suit if / -y* N ^- -y ^ ' Jx — 
the firm sees fit to take legal steps. ^^ ^ ^ 



Should you decide to pay it by the -^ f ^ — z ~~£ N 

middle of the week, it may not be 



tory and you should settle soon. . n / <^ — y~ 
Very truly yours, 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 47 

too late. The deal is not satisfac- — =» -^ ^ \ o j^ <= ^ 

2 

Dear Sir: We would like to have — —-^ <£ — c ^/ 

a regular member of the firm to ^€/ '^ 2r ^ 5 /— v 

represent us, who is capable and *f 9 ° "^ • 

who is familiar with these electric y &**— "^ * 

lights. Use catalog, No. 28. You s' " J ^~~ u -2<%> 

will note that the lights are simi- s>^ S* — -P ' 

lar to those which were put in the — » -^ / <f^ ( s~ \ 

El Paso Hotel, but to the best of ^^b c —° c — ^ «fe 

my knowledge and opinion, they ^-*> z^^ ' (r 



will cost a little more. We wish ^y ' ^^ * £ 7 

to receive your bill as soon as pos- — ->/^° * l^ y> 



sible so that we may be able to I -&-s 



£ 



remit check the first of the week 
Yours very truly, 



.d>x J 



48 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

LESSON FIFTEEN 

SYLLABIC STROKES 

44. Besides the strokes representing the element- 
ary sounds, others are given for the more frequently re- 
curring syllables. Two strokes, under certain restric- 
tions, may be blended into a single stroke, as: 

Wherever a syllabic stroke can be used, the wilting is 
made shorter and the result is more speed. While a short 
vowel is usually pronounced, it sometimes happens that 
there is an advantage in using one of these syllabic 
strokes, even though a long vowel intervenes, as: 



man ^ \ date time s real 

Second n represents ten and den. This in no way 
conflicts with the limited alphabetic use of second n. 
Note carefully the relative lengths of strokes. 

PENMANSHIP EXERCISE 

t — d ted det ded r ^ 1 

n S~ nt nd f tern dem 



ter der ther — ^ tel del ^^ m ^-s man 

min mun 




CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

u /? ns O def dev (/ k ^_^ ker 

kel ^ - ken ^^ kens v o 



49 



ted det ded 

audit 
duty 
today 
rel 

twirl 

hurl 

rely 

realize 

nt nd 

end 

send-t 

find 

bind 

land 



GENERAL EXERCISE 



lend 




r 



ten den 
tent dent 

written 



sweeten 

retain 

denote 

dense 

distinct 




S* 

> 



^i 



5o 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



stand 


^ 


strike 


student 


+-*/ 


strife 


tendency 


s* 


stream 


tangent 


i- 


district. 


attendance 


t> 


restrict 


terder -^ 


y ther ~S 


destroy 


trick 


^~- 


tel del 


tree three 


j> 


idle 


treat 


^~ 


riddle 


mother 


^/ 


battle 


author 


\y 


delay 


other 


^y 


delight 


rather 


^ 


man min 


either 


y 


miinmon 

money 


father 


JS- 


month 


writer 


si^ 


manner 



true 



mandate 



Note: First S, in the form of a large hook, is usually preferred before tr in 
the middle of outlines. 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



5i 



human 

woman 

minute 

minimum 

stamina 

def dev 

defeat 

devise 

defy 

divide 

devote 

ker ; 

curtain 

crime 

credit 

rocker 

locker 

liquor 



o 




screen 

acre 

scrap 

scratch 

kel 

climb 

clique 

local 

close 

clean 

clew 

ken 

reckon 

broken 

kens 

reckons 

tokens 

beckons 







£ 



^j 



C 



52 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

SPECIAL WORDS 

date dead debt attorney 

real ^^ address c^/ 

hand /^~ damage 



want hundred 


/- 


time 


gentlemen 


tomorrow 


went 


^ 


deliver-ance 


amount 


W" 


man 


permanent 


^r 


chairman 


prominent 




differ-ence-e 


between 


develop-mer 


attend 


Q/ 


definite 


attention 


.-/ 


difficult 


danger 


U, 


car accord 


distinguish 


accordance 


instantaneous 


ns 


equal 


their there 


^y 


course 



<J> 



s? 






trust 



cannot 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 
LESSON SIXTEEN 



53 



CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT VOWELS 



answer 

ask 

became become 

begun 

benefit 

better 

bring 

business 

cause because 

cover 

desire 

effect 

else list 

follow 

form from 

fortune -nate 



sr 



cy 










freight 

future 

frequent 

glad 

govern-ment 

important-ance ^-~> 

improve-ment ^> 

inclose-sure /'v— 

invoice 

machine 

manufacture 

market Mr. 



morning 
must 
never 
next instant 



n 
7 



o 



54 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



part 


L 


reply* 


r 


person 


6 


respond-nse 


J_ 


plaintiff please 


O 


return 


pleasure 


fr 


says system 


/ 


public 


/ 


society 


? 


purchase 

• 


7 


speak spoke 


r 


recent-ly 


St 


state 


+- 


refer-ence 


1 


street 


jS 


regard 


^c/ 


work 


s^ 


PHRASING WITH 


SYLLABIC STROKES 


at that 


o 


in that 


/*> 


to do 




on the-it 




it would 





on its 


y 


in the-it 


X" 


on this 


cS^ 


in its 


/^ 


on that 


cS° 


in this 


S~> 


on those 


C^ 


in these 


^ 


in due time 




in those 


ST 


in due course 





CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

in a day or two f*^ I do not ^ 

it may / you do not / a^ / 

to me-my / we do not ^ 

to make s it will 



tomorrow morning ' it will be 

CONTRACTED PHRASES 



55 



enclosed herewith /^^~ 
enclosed please find s^~f 
please find enclosed ( 
in the near future /"^Z 



early return 
early mail 
early attention 
early day 
present time (^ early date 

at the present time ~/^"~~ early reply 
will be pleased ^y early response 

shall be pleased //y early order 

would be pleased -pr- early time 

should be pleased (\S at an early time 

sometime ago ( y/^*^ at an early day 
sometime to come r at an early date 




<TZ> 



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56 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

WRITING EXERCISE 
Gentlemen: We enclose here- 
with invoice and copy of bill of 'J ^y< 
lading to cover cost of goods sent — a ^-y s — -y Zst 
you recently by fast freight. It ^ <o Or ^ 

will be hard to give you a definite Q '~iy ' 

idea of the future price of apples <=> c^/ ^ ^ 

as the market is not steady. Pur- -i ^— v^ -^ 
chases have begun to weaken C^ 

and the returns may be no better 

than shown by our last report. 

Yours truly, (64) 

Gentlemen: In answer to your 

letter of the 16th instant, we will *^ /(p ^ 

state that we are glad to send you u — ~^<^^ — ^^ 

our list which goes into effect ^ ^^ / £A / (^ 

this morning. On page three you -7— n /^ <^"~ f^ & "° 






CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 57 

will find a design of the machine 

that we use in the manufacture ~Q ' y 

of shades We are sure that you o 
will desire the benefit to be had ^ 



i" ^ -6* 




from the use of the important Js J^~p 

f 

improvement we have made. ^~? / 

Truly yours, (71) (s 

Gentlemen: Sometime ago we 
wrote you as to what kind of a 

reply we would like to have you ^ <£■ (L ^i 

make to the plaintiff, but have *— ^— ^ ^ ^ / 

not heard from you. We regard S Q ^~^ ^-^ 

your chances good, but you " &3* ^ " 

should respond to our wishes at ' ^y >^ j 

once. It will be a pleasure to the -^/ /- — ^f - ^+ -^ 

writer to go over the main facts ^^ ~~CS ^^S c>w 



58 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

in this case with you in person if / ^r <r-^> ' 

you purpose to be in the city soon. ^ -7^ 

Respectfully yours, (73) V < / 

Gentlemen: I will refer once / .^""'^ / "^ 

more to that part of my recent — > -o £- 6 ^~° 






A ^ o / 



letter to your firm where I speak / — 

of Main Street sewer system. It ^ s~& ^ ^^ 



is not what the public demands. — -jy c — 

r '/ ( ■* 

Please bring this matter up the ^ ^ ~^>— < 



next time we meet, as society 
will not put up with this kind of 



^ / 



work. One must always pay a *>"^ ' ^ 
dear price for poor service. May 
I not hear from you as to what s-^ o S <*J_^ 
steps you desire to take in this 



a-jfj* 



matter? 

Very respectfully yours, (82) 



rr j. 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 59 

LESSON SEVENTEEN 

PREFIXES 

45. Many of our common words begin with syllables 
taken from foreign tongues, which if written in full 
would require too much time in writing. For this reason 
special syllabic signs have been provided, some being 
joined, while others are disjoined. 

When fore or sub is followed by a vowel, the prefix 
is disjoined, sub being represented by first s; as, 

y a forehead, / 



The stroke n is used with un when followed by a 
circle vowel; as, ^° unable. 





JOINED 


PREFIXES 


can com 




concern 


con coun 






canal 


^9^ 


confess 


candy 


^-^ 


constant 


committee 


^-0 


consume 


compass 


^ 


condemn 


compel 


iy 


country 







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CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



ex 

except 

expect 

export 

expert 

exact 

exceed 

examine 

excuse 

extend-t 

expend 

for fore fur 

forfeit 

foresee 

foresight 

furnish 

forehead 

forearm 



i 
c 

L 

£ — 



( o-^y J 



J 

I 
J 

i. 



j- 



sub 

substance 

subside 

subdue 

submit 

subagent 

subhead 

ul un 

ultimo (ult.) 

ultimatum 

until / - 2 o 

unmate ^7^- 

unfit J 

unsatisfactory ^ — 

unkind ^ p 

unable s/ 

unapt r/f 

uneasy 




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CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



61 



46. A is represented before h or iv by a dot placed 
before the remaining portion of the word; as, £? away. 

47. The disjoined prefixes aie written above the 
line, and above the remaining part of the word; as, / selfish. 

DISJOINED PREFIXES 

a . counter 

ahead 

awake 
awoke 
awhile 



ol^ 



aware 

anta ante anti 

antagonize 

antecedent 

antedate 

anticipate 

antidote 

antique 

antiquity 



a 



o 

o 



o 
o 
o 



countersign 


J- 


counteract 


0^ 


countermarch 


V 


countermand 


^-^ 


enter inter 
intro intel 


f" 


entertain 


^y 




sz 


enterprise 
interview 


i 


interest 




intervene 


2 


interrupt 
intelligent 





intellect 



62 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



magna-e-i mac 

magnify 

magnetism 

magnet 

mackintosh 

McVey 

mackerel 

para post 

paradise 

parallel 

postage 

postman 

postpone 



J 







r 

"r 



■e 



i 



center centra 

central 
centertable 



— circu circum self 






r, 



circular 

circumstance 

selfish 

self-esteem 

self-conscious 

trans 

transit 

transact 

transport 






1L 



48. Prefixes may be compounded. Usually the ter- 
minations are omitted where compound prefixes are used 

inexperienced /y unconstrained ^^c/ 

unforeseen / uninterrupted L- 

7 3 

unfurnished /~j unselfish / 



equal 

unequal 

known 

unknown 

enable 

unable 

already 

altogether 

alderman 

accompany 

account 

commence 

common v^_? 

comfort v_y 

company w" 

communicate 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WORDS 
modest 



63 




v 



o 



excel-lence-lent 

exercise 

experience 

effort 

force 

subject 

subsequent 



e 



y 

/ 

/ 



64 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

LESSON EIGHTEEN 

49. It often happens that the shorthand writer has 
occasion to make certain contractions of his own. In do- 
ing this, care should be used in forming them so that 
they might not clash with other words. Words having 
the same outlines, and not of the same parts of speech, 
usually do not clash, but the greater the difference in 
outline formation, the less hesitation there will be in 
reading the notes. 

50. Some words are contracted by writing the ac- 
cented part; as, <y original, ^"^ synonymous. 

51. A word may be written in the ordinary way as 
far as it may seem necessary, omitting the final part; 
as, 0^^ agriculture, ^f* casual, k_^ discrepancy. 

MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTIONS 



absolute-ly 


i 


arrange -ment 


j° 


accident-al 


Q^ 


arrive-val 


<r 


acquaint -ance 


QJ? 


assemble-bly 




among 


<r~* 


benevolent-ce 


y 


appeal 


e 


capital 


V 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



65 



certificate 
citizen 



tp 



co-operate v_^ 

corporation ^^f 

correspond-ence- v, ^ 

ent f 

deposit 



educate-tion 



T 



establish-ment ^-y^ 

extravagance-t l^r 

facilitate 9^" 

finance-cial a& 



guarantee 
hesitate <^~~~ 

iinraediate-ly <f~*> 

indorse-ment 



investigate 
jurisdiction 
material . ^^-^ 



occupy 

opposite 

ordinary 

pleasant 

policy 

practice 

prepare 

presence-ent 

privilege 

proceed-ure 

product 

request 

requisite 

sample 

schedule 

serious 



f 

f 

6- 






simple *>—> 

( 

unusual "z 7 



66 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



52. Phrases beginning with above , over, and under, 
o 



above the 
above your 
above his 
over the 
over his 
under the 
under your 
under date of 



under the circum- j—f 
stances -> 

.under separate cover £, 



O 
o 

O 
J 

o 

N 

O 

J 

1 
\ 



J/ 



1/ 

I understand -^ 

you understand 

we understand 

I understood 

you understood 

we understood 

I misunderstand 






we misunderstand ^""^ 



I misunderstood 



^^> 



we misunderstood 
CONTRACTED PHRASES 
early convenience q ^ board of education 

earliest convenience 5^/ board of directors 

board of trade 

earliest possible date ( at a loss 

earliest possible time (/ in order to have 

earliest time possible x ( some time or other 



2~> 



earliest date possible -2 -^ 




CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 67 



WRITING EXERCISE 

Gentlemen: We have a sample 




of Lakeside Bond which you re- cs 

quest us to use and we will pro- /^"P 2 — -> ' <r 

ceed with the work immediately. u% <?- ^^^ <:r ~^ ^ 

We will need about ten reams of 2^ ^ ' —^ ' 

this material which should be ^-y ^3-^ ' ^ 

enough of the product at this time. SJ^ ~s ^-— 

Yours very truly, {44) ^ 

Dear Sir: We do not hesitate to r <=py 

indorse your suggestion as to the / 



jurisdiction in this case. It is your 
privilege to have an attorney 
advise you and help arrange the 3 



difficult parts. The certificate is 






a guarantee of absolute freedom 



L/ 




in the use of the schedule. / -^Q_9- 

Very truly yours, (50) 



68 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

Dear Sir: In answer to your let- 7 

ter of the 28th ultimo will say ^ -n? 

that I went to see Mr. Daniels. I ---> 
find that Mr. Smith, a citizen of s~ -o 



. r 




the Fourth Ward, is about to <^—r//' t ~ 

bring suit for damages, due to a —^ A — X 

serious accident at 124 Parker — ■> - Q-£ — /3**/ C^ 

Avenue. It seems that a lot of O ^ — ^> -td - ' o 

snow and ice slid off the roof as ^ - -?' >^ ^ ^7 9 
he came under it, and he was - — . ----- 



r - c 



considerably hurt about the back ^~y 

and shoulders. As soon as you • /^ f ^ 

arrive I wish that you would o ~"6 




call at my office and co-operate v — <^ ' <y ' ^~*J^ 



with me in this matter. a- '"~~2> 

Yours truly, (100) 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 69 

z^ 9 ^> (LP 

/ 






Dear Mr. Thomas: My acquaint- 
ance with the corporation of o~ 
which you write is such that I ^ 
believe we can establish a policy ^L^ 
which we can put into practice, / 
and one that will have a tendency - ^ ~zd 
to educate those who have just — =► ° ' T 
bought shares. We cannot be ex- L— ^ <=Z^> 
travagant in the procedure of our 



4 




work, and the requisite capital *^~^ . v*V ^^ 
will be difficult to obtain if we do ^y /=*^- — ( 




not establish a system by which 2y£> . S 

( ) 

we can facilitate matters with dis- <^2 ' ^^ 1E>-r <r ~ 

patch. I shall try to arrange it so — — r ^ ^^ ~^ — ' O^ 

^ , J 

that I can see you soon. — I -xs2-^ ^ n y- ^/^ 

Very truly yours, (93) 



7o 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 
LESSON NINETEEN 



53. A suffix is a syllable used at the end of a word 
to modify its meaning. The suffix sign is contracted. 

54. Hood may be disjoined after a vowel: ^ boyhood. 



able ible 

readable 

credible 

audible 

salable 

payable 

double 

feeble 

trouble 

terrible 

fer fore fid 

confer 

hopeful 




<r 



JOINED SUFFIXES 
/ awful 

J*—r watchful 
hood 
girlhood 
boyhood 
womanhood 
manhood 
childhood 

iy 

early 
gently 
sweetly 
lately 





J 



7 

y 



y> 



S* 



J^ 



ally illy 

literally 

totally 

family 

heartily 

prettily 

ment 

payment 

amusement 

defacement 

investment 

achievement 

quire 

inquire 

require 

acquire 

self 

myself 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 
fl yourself 

itself 
selves 

yourselves 
themselves 
ourselves 



7* 







sion tion 
cial tial 

fashion 

addition 

condition 

social 

permission 

promotion 

special 

passion 

ure 



3 

J *4s ? 

7 

/ 






f a-^y ) sure 



^3> 



assure 





A 



72 



insure 

furniture 

measure 

injure 

feature 

indenture 

treasure 

ward 

inward 

forward 

afterwards 

toward 

reward 

pose 

depose 

dispose 

suppose 

oppose 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

fr> ' repose 
s*^ compose 



^ 

i 



^ 



C 
T 

7 

t 



expose 
position 

deposition 

disposition 

supposition 

opposition 

composition 

exposition 

pute 

repute 

compute 

depute 

putation 

computation 

reputation 

deputation 



r 
t 

7? 



? 
? 

i 

r 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



73 



suit 

consult 

result 

consultation 

scribe 

inscribe 
describe 
scription 






inscription 
description 

titude titute 

aptitude 

attitude 
substitute 
cient tient 

patient 



Cr- 



J~ 






55. Er, represented by r, is disjoined after contract- 
ed words; as, fy shipper. 

56. In compound words, thing is represented by a dot 



er 

shipper 

thinker 

fication 

ratification 

specification 

certification 



DISJOINED SUFFIXES 
classification 
notification 
graph 
stenograph 
photograph 
»y telegraph 

' X ~J lithograph 



■fi 



/ 



j 



o 



"c/ 






74 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



ical icle tide/ 

medical 

radical 

classical 

critical 

musical 

ing thing 

making 

doing 

sending 

writing 

reading 

nothing 

something 

anything 

ive tive 

active 

negative 



d. 



y 



delayed 
demanded 
tic ntic 
authentic 
sarcastic 
critic 
ulate 
speculate 
stimulate 
insulate 



/cZ 



mental-ity 

instrumental 

sentimental-ity f^ 

a-ology 

physiology 

theology 

ed ted ded 

rated 



p- 



<j^f 



L 






CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



75 



57. Disjoin the stroke before ty, ity, ety ) erty and Ity. 



vicinity 

majority 

minority 

charity 

capacity 

calamity 

locality 

ability 



r 



identity 

quantity 

quality 

plurality 

penalty 

cruelty 

liberty 

liability 



Cr 



58. A dot is used for ing or ong in short words. Place 
the dot at the side for ing, and at the end for ong. 



ring 
sing 
king 



J. 



wrong 

song 

long length 



59. Prefixes and suffixes may be compounded. Dis- 
joined strokes may be joined when compounded; as, 
\L self-interested, C, speculator, -^ stipulation. 

Word-signs may be used as prefixes, suffixes, or word 
endings; as, l^ shorthand, or* fellowship , J fall. 



76 



actionable 
thoughtfully 
doubly 
geologically 




^7 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

speculative 

interested 

stenographic 

shipment 

friendship 

shorthand 

alter 

call 



<d 



1 




^6*-^ 



X" 



physiologically &// 

politically C^L^ 

populated y 

stipulation ^7^ 

v 

60. When ing occurs in the body of a word it is in- 
dicated by beginning the part after ing at the place 
where the dot for ing is naturally written. 



things 


C 

So 


kingdom 


^~y 


brings 
willingly 


Covington 
linger longer 


^>: 




SPECIAL WORDS 




question 


—/ 


presentation 


4 


obligation 


9 


requisition 


-V 


objection 


<7 


valuation 


> 


qualification 


^ 


capitalization 


HZ 



heretofore 
herewith 



sf 
& 



afternoon 

anybody 

anyhow 

anyway 

anywhere 

almost 

also 

although 

before 

behindhand f 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 
LESSON TWENTY 

COMPOUND WORDS 
however 

meanwhile 



77 



t 



elsewhere 
everywhere 
headquarters 
hereafter <$* 



j 




meantime 

nevertheless 

noteworthv 

notwithstanding _>~r 

otherwise si^^ 

outstanding <5~ls 

railroad 

railway 

sometime 

somewhere 

therefore 

throughout 

trustworthy 

upon 




^ 



/^— o 



f 



78 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

whenever 6^) whereupon d^ 



whensoever 

whatever 

whatsoever 

whereat 

whereby 

wheresoever 




2 



dj 



wherever 

wholesale 

withdraw 

withheld 

withhold 

without 



/ 



"& 



61. The dot for ing may be omitted and the follow 
ing word placed in the position of the dot. 



doing the 
doing it 
doing your 
doing their 
giving you 
knowing then- 



having the 
having their 
having your 
y mailing your 
thanking you 
^/ asking you 

CONTRACTED PHRASES 






V, 



few days ago ^-"^ 
for a few days / 



call your attention ^--o/ 

7 



it may be possible 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



79 



L 



to be sure 

I am sure '<*""? 

we are sure P^ 

this morning -?— 

yesterday morning %s~ 

this month 

next month 

on account 

statement of 

account 

your account 
glad to see 
glad to say 
glad to have 
glad to be 
try to have 
try to be 
here and there 
question of time 



c 



more than 

better than 

longer than 

sooner than 

on the other hand 

great many (/ 

great deal 

has been received 

we acknowledge <=>*--£ 
receipt ^ 

m answer to your ^ 
I take pleasure <^r 

we take pleasure <?y 





we have on hand 

for the time being x/ 

First National Bank 

your order 

to be had 

long past due 



80 CHURCHIU, 

in receipt of ^ 



in reply to 

in respect to 

in regard to 

in reply to your 
favor 

we are in receipt of p^ 
your 



s7S 



$ 



^ 




vice versa 

state whether or 
not 

being duly sworn 
and examined 

on the part of the <J/ ^ 
plaintiff ( 

testified as follows ~~f/* 

state your name av° 

what is your name c^yo 
where do you live 
where do you resided — w^> 

how long .^ 
how do you 
how many 



SHORTHAND 
circuit court v — <— 

supreme court £-<— 

objected to ^ — * 

objection sustained c. 
objection overruled 9: 
direct examination 
cross examination ^~ -^fe 

irrelevant, immater- a^^r^ 
ial and incompetent 

passenger agent (q 




freight agent 
ticket agent 
express agent 
vice president 
parcel post 
by return mail 
general manager 
price list 
bank draft 



Jo 









CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 81 

WRITING EXERCISE 

Dear Sir: We accepted the en- r £ Q-*< \ 

rollment of your daughter with ^^^ ^ <S °~- 

the understanding that you were v -^< -^ ^ 

to pay promptly in advance each -7- 6 f~) /- s> 



month. If we do not receive what ^> 






is due on these monthly accounts, 

Q 7 —y 



j )^- / £ 




it is really a hardship to us. We 

have not even arranged our books 

for doing a credit business. It re- / 

quires needless time and expense — 

for accounting which we prefer to / v — ^"~" r ~ ' / 

devote to the welfare of our stu- ' ^- ^ ^ " 

dents. We feel sure that your ^r — dT ^ ^ 

sense of justness will prompt you ^o ^^ < " — » 

to settle without delay . <*>— <*-(d 1 ~~^' ^— 

Yours very truly, (90) 



82 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



Dear Sir: On page 25 of the cat- 



alog we sent you a day or two ago <P 



you will find a cut showing a de- 



sign of the art glass you wish to 



use in the Wellington Street dwell- y 



ing. Our estimate includes the ^ 
finished product which we can <t7_ 



-ZjTvjP— 




\ 



/ 



of ^ — y * 



produce for you by the middle 
the week. We can furnish a su- c* 
perintendent at that time so that c__ 
you may be able to expedite mat- 
ters to better advantage* May I 
hear from you in regard to the <^1 s^ZS^ 

services of an extra man to look 



/r 





after the detail work, and oblige - 
Very truly yours, (90) 



O \ 




CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



83 



y a 



j 



d, - ? y 



Dear Sir: If you have not placed r 

an order for your winter's coal, • c -^ 

may we not figure with you? We ^"^ <£ 

are expecting to unload several O — 

cars next week and we can make v f fQ^ • °^ 

an attractive offer if you will allow . ^^y/ 

us to deliver it to you directly 9 — 

from the cars. In this shipment /~\ 

there is a car of Mill Creek coal — *^ * 
that is of superior quality. It 
is hard in structure, easy to 




_^ 



\ 



/^ 




ignite and it is clean. There are 
only about fifty pounds of ashes 
to the ton, and we are sure that 



J {°so f> * • ? 



** 



-o 



it will please you. 

Yours truly, (100) 



84 CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 

SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES 

62. When a circle vowel comes between two reverse 
curves, it is placed inside the second. 

meek •— « — ' whip ( wagon Gs' 

63. To distinguish between contracted words and 
those which are not, s may be turned irregularly. 

letters ^^ remains ^^ names ^ 

let us remit us name us 

64. The voiced sounds, th, nd, dr, or z, may be indi- 
cated by a short tick written through the stroke. 

lathe ^ send * drain —* 

65. It is sometimes desirable, in order to retain the 
distinctive form of a word, to disjoin. 

kindest -^J>j shortest />_ atonement ct-^^ 

66. When the phrases do not, had not, etc., are con- 
tracted to single words, the contraction is represented 
by adding nt. In other places the apostrophe is used 
very much as in longhand. 



didn't Q haven't f it's -^ 

NUMERAL EXPRESSIONS 

one r/^ two — o six c — • 

ten --C 400 i/ r $25*40 J15 



>oo 



$2,000,000 £L 
$25 «=2_£__ 

Sunday /"^ 

Monday ^- v 



January 
February 
March 
April 

north 

east 

south 

west 

northeast 

southeast 



CHURCHII.lv SHORTHAND 85 

S $7,000' /[____ 



50% 



^ftf 



5,000 

50c so 

40 barrels V*?/ 32 degrees 3Jl 
DAYS OF THE WEEK 
Tuesday —-7 Thursday 



e 



Wednesday dO Friday J^ 

Saturday e^~ 

MONTHS OF THE YEAR 

May ^~ n September ( 

June a October <^> 

July /> November 

August ^ December — f 

POINTS OF THE COMPASS 

southwest y northeastern /?- 



9 

y 



northwest /^ 
northern 

eastern *y~ 

southern J/~ 

western 5&- 



southeastern ^ 

southwestern <£- 

northwestern rQ 

northeast <2L^ 
quarter 

southwest 6 
quarter *-—' 



86 



Alabama 

Alaska 

Arizona 

Arkansas 



CHURCHII.lv SHORTHAND 

STATES AND TERRITORIES 

Ala. Kansas Kans. 

Alaska a Kentucky Ky. 

Ariz. tD Louisiana La. 

Ark. d* Maine 



California Cal. ^£r Maryland 



Maine /-n5" 

Md. *-v- 



Colorado Colo. 

Connecticut Conn. 
Delaware Del. 



Massachu- , Mass. ^p 
setts 

Michigan ' .Mich, s-y 

Minnesota Minn. ^ — 



District of 
Columbia 

Florida 


D. C. 

Fla. 


y<> 


Mississippi 
Missouri 


Miss. ^ 
Mo. V-v 


Georgia 


Ga. 


J 


Montana 


Mont, s—4 


Guam 
Hawaii 


Guam C&~^ 
Hawaii g 


Nebraska 
Nevada 


Nebr. f 
Nev. n 
N. H. /*" 


Idaho 


Idaho 


a z/ 


New Hamp- 
shire 


Illinois 


111. 


^ 


New Jersey 


N. J. <7 
> N. Mex.^ 


Indiana 


Ind. 


f~ 


New Mexicc 


Iowa 


Iowa 


o 


New York 


N. y. r*~ 



CHURCHILL SHORTHAND 



87 



North 
Carolina 


n. c. r^ 


South 
Dakota 


S. Dak. 


North 
Dakota 


N. Dak. /C_ 


— Tennessee 


Tenn. 


Ohio 


Ohio 


Texas 


Tex. 



-V 



Oklahoma Okla. 
Oregon Ore. 

Pennsylvania Pa. 



c O Utah Utah 

c^ Vermont Vt. 
t> Virginia Va. 



2 



Philippine P. I. /£ Washington Wash. 
Islands 



y 



Porto Rico P. R. 
Rhode Island R. I. 



South S. C. s£ 

Carolina 



West W. Va. 
Virginia 

Wisconsin Wis. 

Wyoming Wyo. 




9 

j 



LARGE CITIES 



Akron 

Albany 

Atlanta 

Baltimore 

Birmingham 



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Buffalo 



Cambridge 



C amden 



Cleveland 



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Dallas 



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Detroit 

Denver 

Des Moines 

Duluth 

Fall River 

Grand Rapids Of 

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Salt Lake <K^ 
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San Antonio 



San Francisco 



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Schenectady <U^ 




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Houston 



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Seattle 

Spokane 



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SUPPLEMENTARY READING AND WRITING EXERCISES 

LESSON TWO 

Kate will go at a late hour. Mary may write the tale. The de- 
fendant will read it. Myra ate a late meal. I may go after the key. 



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She will be here for a day. Will you be more prompt? She 
will put the food here. Will you go to the mill and shut the gate? 
It may be well for her to write. You may have to change the 
rule. Will you go and fetch the team? Jim should be here to get 
the flute. 

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may have to charge him for it. Jack may object to the joke. May 
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LESSON EIGHT 

John may be able to see you in an hour. Dick should not shoot 
the dove. I think you may be late for the game. Sadie and Mary 
may visit in the city. The muff is ready but she has not seen it. 
Will you write a new note for these horses? I should like to get 
the box of goods. 





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Dear Sir: 

We would like to get the goods which you were to ship us. 
If you do not ship now, will you be able to do so in a few days? 

Yours truly, 

Dear Sir: 

The prices of wood and coal are now quite high, and we will 
use less of it, so do not ship more now. 

Very truly yours, 

Dear Sir: 

If you will not be able to pay us what you owe in a few days, 
will you not write us and say when you can do so? 

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Dear Sir: 

Your favor of the 25th is here and we will do as well as we 
can for you in the way of appointments that should be made 
within the week. We have been told they will take what they 
can get, and that we may announce it to the body that is to make 
the appearance. 

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He may receive the acceptance by the middle of the week. If 
he does, he will discount the bill for electric goods. Should he 
neglect the matter, a member of the firm will represent us. It is 
not always necessary to suggest the terms. We will remember to 
have him settle in a satisfactory way This agreement, in my 
opinion, is similar in language to the one you gave first. 



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Gentlemen- 

In answer to your letter of the 16th instant we wish to state 
that we paid the freight on the invoice of winter apples. It went to 
you in car No. 15236 and you should have it by this time. If you 
do not receive it by tomorrow, wire us and we will trace it for you. 

Very truly yours, 

Gentlemen: 

I had a talk with Mr. Williams about his recent visit to your 
city, and he seems to think that he would be glad to do public 
work of the kind you state. He spoke of his desire to do as much 
as possible ' for the business, and he says there will be an im- 



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port ant improvement in the manufacture of the next set of 
covers. A part of our recent purchase was not up to what it 
should have been. 

Yours very truly, 









LESSON EIGHTEEN 

Dear Sir: 

We have arranged to guarantee the grade of coal as you sug- 
gest, and you will receive car number 5178 in a day or two. The 
Charles Valley coal always satisfies, and it has made us more 
friends than all the other grades we have ever sold. It burns 
clean without clinkers and can be held over night. 

We wish to thank you for your past favors, and we shall be 
glad to serve you at all times in the future. 

Very truly yours, 

Gentlemen: 

All coal mines were shut down last week on account of a dif- 
ference of opinion between the coal operators and the miners. 



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For this reason coal went up in price. We are not able to quote 
you a schedule of prices at this time. The issues which exist be- 
tween them ought to end soon so that it will be possible to arrive 
at definite prices in the near future. We do not anticipate very 
much trouble and hope to be able to quote you satisfactory prices 



soon. 




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Dear Sir: 

Your letter of the 3d has just reached us, and we want to say 
frankly that we owe you an apology. 

Apparently our shipping room made the mistake in packing 
the goods, as we had your order correctly entered on our books. 
We have directed our shipping clerk to assemble a new ship- 
ment at once, and give your order special attention to see that it 
is right in every detail. Kindly return the incorrect shipment to 
us at our expense. 



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We shall do everything in our power to see that such a mis- 
take does not happen again. 

From System Magazine Yours very truly, 

Dear Sir: 

I take the liberty of addressing you at the instance of Gener- 
al Wolsey who spoke to me of the matter of your communication 
to him and was kind enough to say that he would wiite you in 
my behalf. My acquaintance with him has been in the nature of 
a social rather than a business one, and I fancy that he can only 
recommend me on general grounds. I will say therefore, that I 
have had some experience with accounts, but not very much 
practice in them for nearly three years. Nevertheless, unless the 
work you wish done is of an intricate nature, I think I shall 
be able to accomplish it with such posting at the outset as 
most strangers would require. General Wolsey told me that 
you wanted someone as soon as possible. I have nothing to 
prevent me from starting _at once if you desire to have me. A 
telegram addressed to me at the office of the Trust Company 
will reach me promptly. 

Respectfully yours, 



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VOCABULARY 



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The forms of three words have been slightly modi- 
fied in this edition of the manual. 



absent-nce 

absolute 
absorb 
accident 

accommodate 



New Edition 

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t/ shall 

the thank 
among &s 

annual 
another 
any 
appeal 

address O^ application O^ 

appreciate C? 
argue sO" 

aristocrat a 



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acquaint-ance Q_P 



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advantage / 

advertise-ment ^ 

afraid /^ 

agriculture 0^ 

although c-^ article 

altogether c -£/ as 



assemble-bly 
assistance J2 
associate-tion ? 
astonish-ment 2— 
attempt O ( 
auto c--c/ 

automobile *^ ( 
bank L, 

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bankrupt 
arrange-ment <3 beauty / 
arrive <& beautiful 

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behalf 
belief-ve 

belong 
beside busy 
best 
beware 
beyond 
big 
born 
burn 
buy by 
calculate 
call 
capital 
capture 
card 
carry 
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century- 
certain 




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certificate ^n confer-ence 

cessation of 
challenge <^^ 
chapter /b 



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character vJ2^ 

child 

children 



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connection ^jl^ 
conspicuous w 
contain 
contention 



citizen 

claim 

client 

collateral 

collection v 

c. o. d. v 

combination 



J^ contract 
& contradict 

^V contrary 

v P control 

v s> convenient 

co-operation 
cordially 






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command v £ corre- v^ 

spond-ent ( 

commerce ^9^ corroborate ^ — ^ 

commercial ^~r council ^-~4>^ 



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crime 
criminal 



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crowd ^ — S 

cultivation ^ -/ 

curious ^^> 




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disappoint -^r effect <L^ 

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endanger 
endeavor 
engage-ment /ZP 
engine 

English fy 
enormous <f^ 
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entire r 
entitle f 
entrance / - / 
erroneous ^ 
establish 
estate -2— 
estimate ^ 
et cetera (etc.)< 
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evident <r 

exorbitant / 

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external 2-f further 

extraordinary -2^^ game 

extreme 2/ God 



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fraternal J&~f 
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independ- 'i 
ent-ence 
indicate /^~^ 



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indiscrimi- 
nate 
individual 



indorse-rnent ' 



facilitate 
fall 

familiar 
family- 
fault 
feature 
finally 
financial 
finish 
flour 
foreign 
forget 
forgive 



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influence 
information /^ 
injury ^7 



innocence /^^ 
instrument /"°^ 
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headquarters a— 
hereafter S° 
herself ^ 
hotel **— ° 

household 2^ intention / 
husband r internal f 

ice y into 

ignorant-ce £/ invoice 

illustrate ^r inward 

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itself 
joint 

journal 
judi&al 
judiciary >C— -^ 
jurisdiction A/^ 
jurisprudence 
justify- 
large 

legislature 
legitimate 
likewise 



luxury 

magazine 

many 

mark 

material 

mayor 

meant 



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— -r memoranda — its nowhere /& 

memorandum ^^r~v occupy <-y 



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merchandise ^^3 o'clock 
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miscellaneous s-y^ on ly 



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misfortune 

miss 

Mrs. ^S 

mortgage ^-^ 

motion <^y 

nation 

navigable 

negative f& 

negotiable /Z/ 

neither 

newspaper 

nominate 



opposite 
order 

ordinary 
organize 
party 









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people ^ 

per cent. } 
percentage j 
perfect ' y 
perhaps uP 
period 6 — 



nonresidence ^ philanthropy <^" 
nonsense s rL ^ r ' pleasant C^ 
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proof prove ^ response 
poper & 



popular 

postal card {/ 

post card {_^ 

practice u^ 

praiseworthy t£^ 

predecessor 2 - — r public 

prefer u publication 

prejudice 



property ^. 
prosecute uy 
prospect 6? 



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present-ence tf 

president Cc 

pretention Of 

principal 

privilege 

probably 

proceed 

produce 

product 

progress 




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purchase fy 

purpose tf 

really 

reason /* 

recollect s*~^ 

recommend J^-^ 

record 

recover 

relative 

remark 




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retention ^^ 
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saw I 

school C — <* 
seclude -siou 
secretary c^-^ 
section c-/ 

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selection ^^ 
senate J?~~ 
serious ^ 
service 
session j> 
settle <=^— 
signify &/ 
simple 




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sincere jry 
respect-ful-ly ^ sincerity /^ 



single 

singular 

sister 

situate 

situation 

six 

small 

socialism 

sold 

soldiers 

solicit 

someone 

something 

sometime 

soon 

sound 

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spend-t 

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throw — ■ 



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timidity 
tire 
title 
today- 
together 
tonight 
trade 
transfer 
travel 
truly 
trustee 
truth 
tuition 
turn 

typewriter 
unaltered 
unanimous 
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undertook . — -o why 

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unfortunate J/ winter 

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